Report by Kahnu Nanda; Jagatsinghpur: Animal lovers and environmentalists living in Erasama coast have expressed concerned after knowing a deer was found dead near Siali beach under Padmapur Panchayat in Erasama block on Saturday. Sources said few local villagers on Saturday wee hours noticed the deer carcass in the beach and immediately informed Kujanga forest department, those rushed to the spot and recovered the dead deer and sent the carcass for postmortem to the district veterinary hospital Jagatsinghpur.

While the post mortem report is yet awaited preliminary investigation conducted by the forest department informed due to scorching heat last couple of days the deer might have been affected and likely killed due to this reason, said range officer, Kujanga forest department and refuted allegation the deer has been killed due to poaching.

While sources said two months ago a deer was found dead near Bandar area in Devi river mouth and public complaint was flying thick that the animal was killed due to poaching and had accused forest department personnel performing laxity in patrolling in forest cover of the locality.